Chapter 15: A Mother's Child is a Precious Gem (Part 1)

  The bright moonlight is in front of the bed, I suspect it's frost on the ground. I raise my head to gaze at the bright moon, and lower my head to think of my girl.

  Xiao Si sat listlessly on the bed, occasionally glancing through the open window at the western wing directly opposite.

  Jincheng Princess and Lao Ze Ni had been secretly discussing inside for two and a half hours, with no signs of ending.

  He had originally wanted to eavesdrop on what the two were discussing, but unfortunately Princess Jincheng was already on guard against him and had set up two layers of seals within the room. Even if firecrackers exploded inside, shaking heaven and earth, no sound could be heard from outside.

  This made Leng Xiao Si extremely depressed - could it be that his character was so bad in the heart of this little girl?

  Just as she was scratching her heart with her cat's paw and couldn't bear it anymore, the door opposite opened and Princess Jincheng walked out.

  Xiao Si's spirit lifted, and he thought about whether to go find Lao Ze Ni to get closer to her, promote the mother-son relationship, and conveniently eavesdrop on their conversation.

  Unexpectedly, Princess Jincheng came out of the west wing and did not leave, but instead walked straight to Xiao Si's residence.

  Xiao Si hastily closed his eyes and pretended to meditate, but just then Princess Jincheng said coldly, "Open the door, I know you're awake."

  Xiao Si slowly got out of bed and opened the door, using the moonlight to examine Princess Jincheng, but saw that her expression was calm, her features normal, not a single unusual sign, and couldn't help but feel greatly disappointed.

  Jincheng Princess didn't enter the house and said: "It's still a long time before dawn, accompany me to a place."

  Xiao Si didn't know what else she wanted to order him around, and his heart felt uneasy as he said: "Uncle has instructed me that my injuries are too severe, I need to rest in bed, not allowed to get out of bed, let alone..."

  Before he could finish speaking, Princess Jincheng suddenly reached out and grabbed his arm, leaped onto the rooftop, and slid away like a flowing wind and drifting snow, gliding over the layers of rooftops towards the east of the city.

  Xiao Si angrily said: "A bachelor and a widow holding hands at midnight, aren't you afraid of being gossiped about?"

  "You're not my own brother?"

  Xiao Si was stunned for a moment, and in the blink of an eye, the two had silently flown over the city wall and merged into the dark wilderness.

  Xiao Si looked around at the empty and desolate surroundings, and couldn't help but mutter to himself: "Could it be that I've discovered the secret of Xiao Nangpi's past? Is she going to kill someone to silence them?"

  Suddenly, Princess Jincheng said: "You don't have to worry about Ci'en Temple coming to seek revenge for Jian Yong's sake. Master Jin has promised to help us resolve the matter. However, if it is Golden Ding Shengseng who takes action personally, she also cannot do anything."

  Xiao Si's heart slightly calmed down, and he asked: "If so, why wasn't it him but instead...my godmother who came to Jiangnan?"

  Princess Jincheng replied, "After the Golden Cauldron Saint Monk returned from Tianzhu, he went into seclusion in the Bodhi Pagoda on Mount Emei's Golden Summit to cultivate a Buddhist divine art. As the abbess of Ci'en Temple's lower courtyard, Absolute Gold was responsible for all external mundane affairs, so after receiving One Night Seven Times' report, she immediately rushed to Jiangnan."

  Her figure suddenly slowed down, looking at the scattered farmhouses under the dark and gloomy foot of Qixia Mountain in front of her, a hint of indescribable expression flashed in her bright eyes.

  Xiao Si asked curiously: "It's late at night, what are you doing here?"

  Jincheng Princess said: "The Master just told me that I was born here back then."

  Xiao Si suddenly realized that Princess Jincheng had rushed over without stopping, and she wouldn't have given the old nun a chance to fabricate false evidence. After all, it was about who her real parents were, and with her meticulous thinking, she absolutely wouldn't believe just one side of the story from Shi Tai alone.

  Suddenly, Princess Jincheng said softly: "Father... what you love most is the peony flower."

  Xiao Siyi was stunned, and then saw Princess Jincheng walking up to a farmhouse but didn't knock on the door.

  Xiao Si walked up behind her and asked, "Do you want me to shout for the gate to be opened?"

  The Princess of Golden Castle glanced around and said: "We'll wait till dawn, no need to disturb them."

  Xiao Si nodded slightly, unexpectedly discovering that even Princess Jincheng had times when she considered others.

  "He coughed and said: 'Where is your mother buried?'"

  "What's wrong?" Princess Jincheng asked alertly.

  Xiao Si sneered: "Wasn't my mother's grave also dug up by you?"

  "How dare you!" Princess Jincheng's voice was stern, but a hint of a smile escaped from the corner of her lips, and under the moonlight, she bloomed like a flower, breathtakingly beautiful. Xiao Si's soul flew out of his body, and he stood there, stupidly, like a wooden chicken.

  Unfortunately, that smile was like a fleeting flower. Princess Jincheng turned cold again and said, "Her ashes have been scattered into the river by Shifu."

  "Destroying the body and erasing all evidence, no one can testify to his death? Or is it that my godmother is more cunning, how come I didn't think of this trick earlier?"

  "Stop your wild thoughts and don't dare to speak nonsense in front of outsiders, or else be careful with your head."

  She had intended to take the opportunity to warn Xiao Si, so as to avoid this kid's unbridled mouth from bringing unnecessary trouble. Who would have thought that she completely underestimated the thickness of Xiao Si's skin? Only to see him delightedly say: "So that means I can consider you my insider now?"

  The princess of Jin City cast her gaze on Xiao Si's face and said calmly: "You can try."

  Xiao Si was pondering the feasibility of "trying it out" when suddenly a creaking sound came from the door, and an old rural woman opened it, but it turned out that country people get up early and were about to go to the kitchen to start a fire and cook.

  Seeing two young people standing in the yard, the peasant woman was startled and hastily turned her head to shout: "He's father!"

  An old man wearing a tattered long gown rushed out of the house, and Xiao Si looked at Princess Jincheng and greeted him honestly: "Uncle, aunt, we want to ask you something."

  The old man looked at the two of them with suspicion, seeing that Princess Jincheng was cold and elegant like a celestial being, not at all like the vicious and evil appearance of those bandits posted on the city gate. He hesitated for a moment before asking: "What's going on?"

  "This is your house, how many years have you lived here?"

  The old man's ears were not good, and he spoke loudly himself, shouting: "It's been passed down from our ancestors, it's even older than I am."

  "Jin City Princess asked: 'Uncle Jin, can I go inside and take a look?'"

  The old man rubbed his hands together and said uncomfortably, "There's nothing good to see in a country person's house. We're poor at home, don't laugh."

  The Princess of Jin City walked silently into the house. In the main room, a oil lamp was lit, and on the wall in front of her hung a faded New Year's picture, next to which was a Spring Festival couplet from an unknown era, its ink already faded.

  The old man suddenly exclaimed: "Miss, how did you know my surname is Jin?"

  The Princess of Jin City did not respond, gently lifted the thick and tattered cotton curtain, and looked towards the inner room: "Uncle, do you remember that eighteen years ago, there was a woman who lived here temporarily and gave birth to a baby girl in this very room?"

  The old man smiled and said: "I see you're asking about this, how could I forget? That girl was really pretty... just not very talkative, seems to be surnamed..."

  "Her surname is Ní," the farmer's wife continued, "I helped her with the delivery, but she left before two months were up."

  The Princess of Jin City walked into the inner room, her eyes slowly sweeping over every piece of furniture in the house, as if trying to find a mark from eighteen years ago.

  Xiao Si pulled the peasant woman aside and asked in a low voice: "Have you ever seen her husband?"

  The peasant woman shook her head and said, "No, I'm also wondering why the child's father hasn't shown up. It's really a sin, a big girl like that, how can she get married in the future? By the way, that daughter of hers is also strange, every day she eats vegetarian food and recites Buddhist scriptures, not even willing to touch any meat. I advised her that people who are sitting for a month shouldn't eat meat, but she didn't say anything."

  Xiao Si took out a gold ingot and handed it to the peasant woman, saying: "Auntie, take good care of this."

  The peasant woman couldn't decline anymore and gratefully accepted it, saying: "Young man, is there anything else you'd like to ask?"

  Xiao Si had already guessed eight or nine out of ten in her heart, and said: "Doesn't the girl have a peony tattoo on her arm?"

  The old man said loudly: "Yes, there is also on the chest... it seems to be a hibiscus flower?"

  The princess of Jin City walked out from the inner house with an additional yellowed scroll in her hand and said, "Can I take it away?"

  The old man said with a wave of his hand: "Take it away, anyway no one in our family can read, and we can't understand what's written on it."

  The princess of Jin City took out a silver note from her sleeve and put it on the table, saying: "Pack up your things and leave here as soon as it's daylight."

  The old man asked in surprise: "Why?"

  Xiao Si lowered his voice and said, "That woman was an old witch who was later suppressed by a great monk in the temple on Qixia Mountain. Now her daughter has grown up and wants to come back for revenge. This little demon girl still remembers that you guys couldn't bear to kill a chicken to make soup for her mother to nourish her body, and she loves to gnaw on people's bones, saying they're crispy and delicious..."

  The old man was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he fell backwards onto the stool, stuttering: "I... I..."

  Xiao Si smiled and said, "Hurry up and go, don't tell anyone where you're going. Otherwise, the little demon girl will catch up with you, and no one can save you." After that, she quickly walked out of the house and chased after Princess Jincheng.

  The two of them walked slowly along the mountain path, Princess Jincheng remained silent all the way, Xiao Si was tactful and didn't disturb her, following closely behind her step by step.

  Suddenly, Princess Jincheng stopped in her tracks by the brook and turned her back to Xiao Si: "Did you guess it?"

  Xiao Si pretended to be confused and said: "What do you want me to guess, who is that girl?"

  Jincheng Princess said calmly: "Actually, Shifu never had a sister, she is my biological mother!"

  Although Xiao Si had already figured it out in her mind, she couldn't help but take a cold breath when she heard Princess Jincheng say it herself.

  Jincheng Princess slowly said: "After a few more days when the wound heals, we will return to Chang'an together. I want to ask Father Emperor in person."

  Xiao Si was shocked and asked: "You didn't tell Lao... Nainai about this too, did you?"

  Jincheng Princess said coldly: "Why can't you tell her?"

  Xiao Si smiled wryly and said, "Forget it. The spring breeze ripples the water in the pool, what business is that of mine?"

  At this moment, Princess Jincheng suddenly seemed to sense something and gazed towards a patch of maple trees on the opposite bank of the stream, shouting in a cold voice: "Come out!" The Immortal Qiuxiao Xian'niu swiftly flew across, piercing through ten zhang of empty space and disappearing into the depths of the maple forest!

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